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Deciding for others: the ethics of surrogate decision making
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Preface Introduction Part I. Theory: 1. Competence and incompetence 2. The primary ethical framework: patient-centered principles 3. Advance directives, personhood, and personal identity 4. Distributive justice and the incompetent Part II. Application: 5. Minors 6. The elderly 7. The mentally ill Looking forward Appendix 1: living trust and nomination of conservatorship Appendix 2: durable power of attorney for health care Notes Index.
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- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 1990-10-01
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 02
- Pages
- 28-0985-28-0985
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
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- W2176965193
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- book review
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- en
- Open access
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